FERDINAND PFOHL (1862–1949)
STRANDBILDER • SUITE ÉLÉGIAQUE • HAGBART
JAMINA GERL
‘Ferdinand Pfohl was one of the great music critics of Germany. He not only wrote reviews, biographies about Richard Wagner and Arthur Nikisch, but also had his own radio broadcasts, in which he talks about music with a lot of enthusiasm and expertise, very embellished and always with a wink of the eye. That really opened the door to his world for me. You notice the same theme in many of these piano pieces: this wit and humour that comes through and twinkling, even if the music is very melancholic or contemplative at times. His piano pieces are basically miniatures and very different in character – each is following a different mood. Personally, I find it difficult to compare his composition style to anything else. I think that he had quite an individual way, his own sound language, to express what he had in mind.’ – Jamina Gerl
ANTON KLAMROTH, 1892
About this Recording
Esteemed as one of Germany’s leading music critics, Ferdinand Pfohl (1862–1949) never lost a passion for composition that had been nurtured in Leipzig. He wrote highly individual works for his own instrument, the piano, conceiving cycles that reveal harmonic daring and sophistication, often evocative of developments in impressionism. As Strandbilder (‘Beach Pictures’) shows, he mastered tonal painting – while in the compositional unity of Suite élégiaque, Bohemian and Russian elements mingle with the influence of one of his great heroes, Grieg.
Suite Élégiaque, Op. 11: III. Moment musical
(‘Sea Luminescence – Hunting the Waves’) (07:56)
(‘At the Graveyard of the Nameless’) (05:23)
(‘Frisian Dance Scene on an Original Theme’) (03:50)
(‘ELEGIAC SUITE. FIVE PIECES FOR PIANO’) (1894) (42:10)
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* WORLD PREMIÈRE RECORDINGS
TOTAL TIME: 86:20
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A co-production by Deutschlandradio Kultur (Stefan Lang)
and the Pfohl-Woyrsch-Gesellschaft e.V. (Simon Kannenberg)
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JAMINA GERL
Artistic depth, technical superiority and a remarkable sense of tonal colour are the trademarks of the young German pianist Jamina Gerl. She has studied under Roswitha Gediga, Eduard Zilberkant and Nikita Fitenko. A prizewinner at multiple piano competitions, she has performed in such prestigious venues as the Steinway Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Kammermusiksaal Beethoven-Haus, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Seattle, Sichuan Conservatory of Music Concert Hall and Munetsugu Hall, Nagoya. She has also appeared on radio and TV recordings produced in cooperation with MDR, WDR, Dlf and Deutschlandfunk Kultur, and has performed at several esteemed music festivals including the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival, Mosel Musikfestival, Bayreuther Osterfestival and Beethovenfest Bonn.
SELECTED ALBUMS OF PIANO WORKS BY OTHER GERMAN COMPOSERS
– Gramophone on Vols. 1 & 2
– Fanfare
– Piano News
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